Keywords: Garden and farm seeds (15752706183).jpg vjttfc't <br> A CURRIE CO <br> FARM SEEDSi <br> WHEAT <br> Blue Ribbon Wheat A new bearded spring variety which <br> lias won a number of prizes including' the Milwaukee <br> Chamber of Commerce Silver Trophy in 1910 It orig- <br> inated with Mr H E Krueger Dodge County Wiscon- <br> sin It is a large yielder and very early with plump <br> kernels The straw is short and stiff It never has <br> shown any sign of rust blight or smut <br> Peck 60c; bushel 2 25 <br> Minnesota No 1 ยป Spring Wheat It is a remarkably heavy <br> yielder and this together with its excellent milling and <br> baking qualities makes it an exceedingly popular vari- <br> ety so much so that it is now probably grown more <br> extensively than any other sort in Minnesota <br> Peck 50c; bushel 1 75 ; 5 to 10 bushels at 1 65 per bushel <br> Assiuiboia Fife Spring Wheat An early and very productive <br> hard variety possessing splendid milling qualities <br> Peck 50c; bushel 1 75; 5 to 10 bushels at 1 65 p_er bushel <br> Blue Stem Velvet Stem Wheat A large yielder and a very <br> popular spring sort in the middle states <br> Peck 50c; bushel 1 75; 5 to 10 bushels at 1 65 per bushel <br> Durum or Macaroni Kubanka Wheat An exceedingly val- <br> uable spring wheat for dry and semi-arid sections with- <br> standing drought far better than other sorts Enormous <br> yields are grown of it in the western states sometimes <br> reaching 80 bushels to the acre <br> Peck 50c; bushel 1 75; 5 to 10 bushels at 1 65 <br> If Wheal is wanted in new Seamless bags add 20 cts <br> for each bag required <br> Meld of Wheat <br> RAPE <br> Dwarf Essex Rape No crop is easier grown and none more <br> profitable for hog and sheep feed Five pounds of seed <br> are enough for an acre broadcast and it is ready for feed- <br> ing six weeks after sowing One acre will pasture thirty- <br> six sheep two months It is an annual similar in appear- <br> ance to the leaves of Rutabagas but taller There is no <br> danger of its ever becoming a pest as it will not live over <br> winter or produce seed in this country <br> Many growers are in the habit of sowing it with grain <br> sing about 2 lbs of seed to the acre and it is ready t ~ <br> use a few weeks after harvest Others sow it in corn at <br> the last cultivation The best way however is to sow it <br> alone either early in spring or as a catch crop after grain <br> is harvested or after an early potato crop A good plan <br> is to sow it in drills about thirty inches apart and culti- <br> vate By this method it is only necessary to use from 1 <br> to 2 lbs of seed to the acre <br> Per lb 10c by mail 20c per pound ; 12 pounds 1 00; <br> 25 pounds 1 60; 50 pounds 3 00; 100 pounds 5 50 <br> Dwarf Essex Rape <br> 35 42156487 132761 65916 Page 35 Text http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/42156487 1912 10 5962/bhl title 65916 A Currie Company ; Henry G Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection NameFound Assiuiboia Biodiversity Heritage Library Garden and farm seeds spring 1912 Garden Stories Bulbs Plants Catalogs Equipment and supplies Flowers Gardening Nurseries Horticulture Plants Ornamental Seeds Vegetables U S Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Library bhl page 42156487 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/42156487 bhlGardenStories BHLinbloom bulbs plants nurseries horticulture plants ornamental u s department of agriculture national agricultural library bhlgardenstories bhlinbloom Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2015-01-26 Check categories 2015 August 25 CC-BY-2 0 BioDivLibrary https //flickr com/photos/61021753 N02/15752706183 2015-08-25 06 53 47 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 Garden and farm seeds 1912 Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fรฆ using a script |